Shield-bashing your opponent is a tried-&-true tactic in combat, so I see nothing wrong with swashbuckling being any less legitimate. How the term “swashbuckling” got more closely associated with pirates & privateers, I’m not certain…
;)

Well, when word of the invasion gets around on the servers, there’s always going to be hundreds of others who, while not technically invited along, are more than willing to follow you in & grab some spoils. That’s what really overloads the bandwidth.

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